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Bluff Area

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Mercury, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000521
MRDS ID A010715
Record type Site
Current site name Bluff Area
Alternate or previous names Daniels Creek
Related records 10112154

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -163.75881, 64.57432 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Solomon C-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Solomon C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 25 SQ MI. IN THE LAND AREA SURROUNDING GIVEN LOCATION LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Mercury Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF SILVER ALLOYED WITH GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -163.75881, 64.57432
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: LIMESTONE ; REG.COM: GOLD DERIVED FROM LOCAL LODES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1899
Year of last production 1956

Mining district

District name Council District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED ABOUT 100,000 TO Z AU

Comments on development

  • 50 PERCENT OF AU PRODUCTION HAPPENED BEFORE 1904

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEACH PLACERS AT MOUTH OF DANIELS CREEK WERE PRODUCTIVE ON AND OFF SHORE, CREEK BEDROCK IS CAVERNOUS LIMESTONE WITH MOST GOLD IN SINKHOLES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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